All About Pocket Knives

Ok so I'm not sure what I found. Scribe, knitting needle?

Ceramic honing rod? What kind of material is the green portion? Scribes and knitting needles are held closer to their point, not at the end where this tool's handle is. Also, it's common for honing rods to have a ring on the end of their handle which is a feature I do not remember any knitting needles or scribes having.

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Could also be a fid for un tieing knots and splicing rope.

It is a pocket sharpening steel. Case called it the "2-3 Mini Steel". They started offering it in about 1973-74.

I have one of those somewhere but it has a course, gray colored sharpening rod. It’s not ceramic (the “handle” end is shiny, probably chrome plated). Not sure what would cause that green color shown in the OP photo. Some kind of verdigris, maybe?

Occasionally one will pop up for sale on eBay.

Ken

I wonder if someone might have actually painted it for whatever reason.

ea42 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 02, 2025 3:36 pm I wonder if someone might have actually painted it for whatever reason.

Lol! Probably making a magic wand for a Halloween costume or something.

If it's painted swabbing it with paint remover then cleaning it off a few times will make it a useful honing rod again. I suspect it will cast spells just as well without the paint.